Visiting China in 2023 – What to Expect
With the recent (and long awaited) reopening of China to the world, I hope there will be a flood of tourists coming back to this great and vast country. With 10 years of experience living in China, I hope I …
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Milan, Italy, 2022
For the final post in our Italy 2022 journey, we had a two night sleepover in Milan. In 2019, we stayed at the incredible Hotel Principe di Savoia, Dorchester Collection. I wrote about it in the Milan 2019 post. We …
Venice, Italy, 2022
During our two weeks in Italy, we attended a wedding in Tuscany, spent a few nights at the stunning Argiano Dimore Winery in Montalcino, wandered around the beautiful historic streets of Pienza and Florence and then made our way to …
MacBook Air M2 Review for Travel Photography
When my favourite laptop gets updated, there’s only thing to do, order it without having any third party reviews and put my faith in Apple’s hype machine. As I noted in the recent Mac Studio review, Apple’s hype machine is …
Cycling Around Beijing 2
This is a continuation of the series I recently posted of cycling around Beijing during the recent pandemic related restrictions. These restrictions provided a unique opportunity to explore this great city from a new perspective. Hope you enjoy the images …
Cycling Around Beijing 1
Work has been super busy so I’ve been remiss in updating this website. Some of the images below are from a few months ago when Beijing was in a semi-locked down state during the pandemic outbreak. At that time, my …
Fantasy or Reality? Practical Guide to Ethical Travel Photography
I recently received a message from a regular visitor asking how I was able to capture some specific images in Hong Kong that he’s been unsuccessful in replicating. When digging through my archives to find those images so that I …
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Staycation at The Murray Hotel, Hong Kong
Being trapped in a small city is no excuse to avoid a vacation, so for this holiday season’s staycation, I decided to try The Murray Hotel in the Central district of Hong Kong. Last year, I had a very enjoyable …
Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Xiongmao Valley, Sichuan Province, China
For the fourth and final post in the Chengdu series, we took a short drive down to see what everyone comes to Chengdu to see, the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Xiongmao Valley. Because of our fortuitous timing, …
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Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, China
For the third post in the Chengdu series, we stayed in the northwest area and explored Dujiangyan with its ancient towns and incredible man-made irrigation system. In this series from Chengdu: Chengdu City Qingcheng Mountain Ancient Cities of Dujiangyan, Jiezi, …